Kathleen Long

Kathleen Long (1911-) was Chief Minister of Scotland in 1990, preceding Samuel Duff.

Biography
Kathleen Long was born in Keith, Scotland in 1911, and she wokred as a nurse before and during World War II. In the aftermath of the war, she was inspired to enter politics by Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and she joined the local Conservative Party and rose to be its secretary. During the 1960s and 1970s, she served on the Keith City Council, and, during the 1980s, she emerged as leader of the Scottish Conservatives. In the 1990 general election, she led her party to win 28.1% of the vote and 9 seats in the Scottish Parliament, tying with the Labour Party, which won 29.8% and 9 seats. In the ensuing leadership election, Long's Consevatives were backed by the Liberal Democrats, the third-largest party in the Scottish Parliament, and she was elected Chief Minister in a vote of 19-11.

Premiership
The Scottish Parliament's first act was to vote 17-5 in favor of public housing, a bill proposed by SNP leader Harold Robertson; it also voted 17-8 in favor of term limits for the Chief Minister. In the late 1990 elections, Labour fell to 29.39% and 9 seats, the Tories fell to 26.57% and 8 seats, the Lib Dems fell to 27.11% and 8 seats, and the SNP rose to 16.93% and 5 seats. The Scottish Parliament then voted 16-7 to approve a housing tax, and, a week later, Samuel Duff was elected Chief Minister in a 18-11 vote, defeating Lib Dem leader Leslie Archer.